Will Resist Breaking Down Of Stock Remedies Act
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WELLINGTON, Ju"y 13. "Attemp s are being made to break down the Stock Remedies Registration Act," said Mr. W. N. Perry, Dominion president of Federated Farmers in a statement to'day. "I wigh to make it quite clear that I wiT resist any attemp ts to weaken the Act or its administration, and in this I will have the backing of our who'e organisa'-ion. "The Act was put 011 the Statute Book at the request of the Farmers' Union to protect the farmers of Ihe Domini n. The protection they have from quack stock remedies is even greater than the protection which human beings enjoy in this country, and wre will not throw it away lightly. "Attacks on the Act are coming from people v/ho wish to make a profit out of the sehipg of so-called remedies to the farmer," continued Mr. Perry. • "This is being prevented by the S'ock Remedies Registration Board, a body of highly qualified and impartial men. They can rest ass.ured that in. carrying out fearlessiy the provisions of' the Act, which are there to protect farmers, they wiU have the support of our organisation," concluded Mr. Perry.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1949, Page 5
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